TY -JOUR
AU -Praveen Kumar Verma and K. K. Rawat
TI -Lejeunea srivastavae sp. nov. (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae), from Nilgiri hills of Western Ghats (India)
PY -2013
DA -2013-03-13
JO -Taiwania
VL -58
IS -1
SP -7
EP -11
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1220
AB -A new species of Lejeunea, L. srivastavae, is described and illustrated as new to science from central part of Nilgiri
Mountains of Western Ghats, a global biodiversity Hotspot, India. The species is characterized by large plants size, pale greenish to
yellowish green colour, imbricate leaves with large leaf-lobule, contiguous – distant underleaves, 4–5 times as wide as stem and
single gynoecial innovation. Details of its morpho-taxonomy, distribution and affinities are provided along with a key to the genus
Lejuenea species in Nilgiri hills to distinguish it with other known species of the area.
DO -10.6165/tai.2013.58.7